The Wellness Driven Life Show
by April Chavez
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How to Rebuild Your Life After Losing Everything | 35 Real Stories
How to Rebuild Your Life After Losing Everything | 35 Real Stories
About this podcast
The Wellness Driven Life Show is a weekly conversation about wellness, mindset, nervous system health, and personal growth, hosted by April Chavez. Scientists, physicians, authors, and practitioners break down what helps and how to use it. New episode every Wednesday at 6 PM Pacific time, Los Angeles.
The show runs on SIP, three dimensions April returns to in every conversation: Spiritual, Intellectual, and Physical. Most wellness advice picks one and ignores the other two. These conversations hold all three at once, because that is how people live.
Guests have included cell biologist Bruce Lipton, Lynne McTaggart on the science of intention, Neale Donald Walsch, Dr. Rollin McCraty of the HeartMath Institute, Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, body language expert Janine Driver, and Dr. Patrick Porter of BrainTap. Topics run from attachment styles and generational trauma to burnout, meditation, longevity after 50, and how the nervous system holds what the mind forgets.
April is a former police officer who came to this work through her own autoimmune diagnosis. She asks the question you would ask, stays with the answer until it is clear, and does not let an expert hide behind vocabulary.
Be driven. Be livin'. Let's ride.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 364 episodes
- How to Rebuild Your Life After Losing Everything | 35 Real Stories · 21 minHow do you rebuild your life after losing everything? We went back through nearly 400 episodes of The Wellness Driven Life Show for one kind of moment, the moment a guest told…
- Music Is the Universal Language: Nick Hames on Why We Dance · 28 minMusic is a universal language to Nick Hames, and he says it has never steered him wrong. Nick, a Boston-raised, Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter and guitarist who fronts the…
- Songwriting as Therapy: Julian Shah-Tayler on Turning Pain Into Music · 42 minSongwriting as therapy is how Julian Shah-Tayler turns betrayal and anger into music he can walk away from. Julian, a singer, songwriter and producer with a Golden Trailer Award…
- The Science of Sound Healing: Lynne McTaggart on The God Notes · 38 minLynne McTaggart has spent twenty-five years gathering evidence that we are not separate. The Field made that case with physics, The Intention Experiment with thought, and The…
- Self-Trust: Christy Uffelman on Coming Back Home to Yourself · 45 minChristy Uffelman has coached more than 12,000 leaders, and on the way into this conversation her inner critic still asked who she thought she was, on a podcast with April…
- Spiritual Awakening: Regan Caruthers on the Gift She Buried at Nine · 29 minA spiritual awakening at 27 brought back the gift Regan Caruthers shut off at nine. Regan, author of the memoir Tragic Magic and founder of Aset Center, talks about childhood…
- Cancer While Pregnant: Eileen M. Vélez-Vega on Rebuilding Herself · 34 minAt 29, five months pregnant, Eileen M. Vélez-Vega was diagnosed with stage four Hodgkin lymphoma. She had chemotherapy while she was pregnant, and her daughter was born that…
- Skin Microbiome: Dr. Mimi Vega on What Your Skin Is Telling You · 33 minWhat if your skin is telling you about more than your skin? Dr. Mimi Vega, PhD biochemist, former biotech executive, and founder of VGAM Biome, talks about the skin microbiome…
- Women in Engineering: Dr. Kimberly Robinson on 31 Years at NASA · 32 minWomen in engineering still get told they don't belong, and Dr. Kimberly Robinson heard it in her first year of college. She went on to spend 31 years at NASA as a propulsion…
- AI Overwhelm: Eliot Prince on Why You're Not Behind · 30 minAI overwhelm is the feeling that everyone else already figured this out. Eliot Prince, an AI coach and the founder of Prince AI Training, breaks down the one hour a day that…
- Can't Quiet Your Mind? Jeff Patterson on Meditation and Yielding · 32 minMeditation does not require a quiet mind. Jeff Patterson, founder of The Yielding Warrior and Portland Tai Chi Academy, breaks down the five regulations of the meditative arts…
- Gratitude for Cynics: Debra Gonsher Vinik · 30 min🙏 The Science of Gratitude: Dr. Debra Gonsher Vinik on why thanking more, not wanting more, builds real resilience. ▶️ Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fZSn4Fw_1wE…
- Beyond Darwin: Bruce Lipton on Survival of the Most Conscious · 35 minHow to rewrite the subconscious programs running your life. This is Part 2 of our conversation with cell biologist Bruce Lipton, author of "The Biology of Belief." ▶️ Watch it on…
- Beyond Darwin: Bruce Lipton on the Cocoon Before the Butterfly · 39 minEpigenetics, and why you are not your genes. This is Part 1 of our two-part conversation with cell biologist Bruce Lipton, author of "The Biology of Belief." ▶️ Watch it on…
- Overwhelmed? Jones Loflin on Focus, Rest & the Hive · 36 min🐝 Overwhelmed by too much to do? Jones Loflin, keynote speaker, beekeeper, and author of "Focused as a Bee," breaks down how to focus in a distracting world, the six permissions…
- Attachment Styles: Marc Cameron on Why We Fight the Same Fight · 32 minYour closest-relationship patterns were set before you had words for them, and they keep repeating. Marc Cameron on attachment styles and how the core pattern can change. ▶️…
- Generational Trauma & Your Genes: Dr. Bernard Straile on Healing at the Root · 1 h 1 minWhat if the anxiety, the allergies, the flare that keeps returning every autumn are not separate problems, but one conversation your body is having with everything it has ever…
- Workplace Burnout: Jesse Favre on the Signs Your Body Sends First · 26 minWorkplace burnout can make you a stranger to yourself. Jesse Favre, leadership and well-being expert, on the burnout she felt in her body and the way back. ▶️ Watch it on…
- Rebuilding Yourself After Success: Isabelle Daikeler, Shakeology Founder · 33 minIsabelle Daikeler co-created Shakeology. Then a decade she couldn't walk taught her to surrender, and everything she thought gave her worth quietly fell away. ▶️ Watch it on…
- Nervous System Health: Dr. Mickra Hamilton on Coherence & Healing · 32 min🎙️ The Coherence Effect: Mickra Hamilton on healing, breath, and becoming more. A retired Air Force Colonel who broke down at 40 shares how coherence became her way back, and why…
- Mind-Body Healing & Belief: Keith Leon S. on How the Body Heals · 35 min🎬 Why He Films What Heals: Keith Leon S. on Body & Belief ▶️ Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_Yg6JOIav9g What makes a bestselling author pick up a camera to chase the…
- Addiction, Recovery & Hope: Scott Silverman on Why Asking for Help Saves Lives · 38 min💛 You're Not God, That Job Is Taken: Scott Silverman on asking for help, recovery, and the hope that's always there. ▶️ Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nF30aDReOK4 Crisis…
- Scalar Energy & Consciousness: Charley Johnson on the Mental Wellness Lab · 39 min🎙 Mental Wellness Lab: Charley Johnson on consciousness, scalar waves, and the shift happening on the planet. ▶️ Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MViZluSvzrI What if better…
- How to Read People: Yuly Grosman on Body Language in the AI Age · 34 min🌸 The Last Human Signal: Yuly Grosman on reading people and staying human. Situational intelligence expert Yuly Grosman on why people are signals, why real safety is prevention…
- Navy SEAL Mindset: Mark Divine on Meditation, Mental Toughness & Visualization · 45 minWhat does it take to stay steady when life, leadership, or the mission gets intense? Mark Divine, retired Navy SEAL Commander and founder of SEALFIT, shares the meditation…
- Silencing Self-Doubt: Diallo Wallace on the Inner Voice That Says "Yes You Can" · 34 minDriven Livin’: https://drivenlivin.com Join the Drive Collective: https://drivenlivin.com/community ▶️ Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/y1YJ_KIuBwg What happens when a…
- How the Body Heals Itself: Lisa Warner & Maura Leon S. on Natural Healing · 37 minHosted and executive produced by April Chavez: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprilmchavez/ Video production by Manlee J. Chavez: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manleejchavez/ Music by…
- Longevity After 50: James B. Flaherty on Making Your Best Years Your Next Years · 31 minWhat if aging wasn't about shrinking your life, but widening it? On The Wellness Driven Life Show, April Chavez welcomes back James B. Flaherty, author, speaker, and former…
- Self-Trust & Overcoming Fear: Cate Montana on Seeing Past the Illusion · 42 minWhat happens when spiritual positivity is no longer enough to make sense of the world? On The Wellness Driven Life Show, April Chavez sits down with journalist and author Cate…
- Trauma on Your Brain Scan: Nutritional Psychiatry with Dr. Hector Rodriguez · 30 minEver wonder why trauma lingers not just in your memories, but in your brain's wiring—and how food, scans, and small shifts can rewire it for resilience? ▶️ Watch it on YouTube…
- Drug-Free Period Relief: OhmBody's Neurostimulation with Amy Gaston · 33 minWhat if your worst period symptoms—cramps, heavy flow, mood swings, fatigue—weren't just "normal," but signals from a dysregulated nervous system asking for support? ▶️ Watch it…
- Why Are We Fighting? Trauma & Turning Conflict into Connection · 31 minEver walked away from a conversation thinking, "That's not what I meant at all—how did it blow up so fast?" ▶️ Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZkK6SwHq7U4 On The Wellness…
- Conversations with Hathor: Dr. Yafi Yair on Channeling, Earth Wisdom & the New Human · 34 minWhat if the most accurate guidance for your life didn't come from a self‑help book or your logical mind—but from a conversation with ancient Divine Feminine consciousness, the…
- Lead with Silence: Dr. Aumatma on Body Wisdom, Fertility & Feminine Leadership · 37 minWhat if the most important decisions in your life—about your health, your family, your leadership—weren't meant to be made from your head, but from your body's quiet wisdom? ▶️…
- Breaking Generational Curses in Your Body | Bishop Kevin Foreman · 30 minBishop Kevin Foreman's doctor told him one more click up and he'd be pre-diabetic, the same thing generations of his family had dealt with. "I said, this will not be my story,"…
- Biohacking Recovery & Resilience: Troy Laing on Culture OC's Wellness Vision · 35 minEver wondered how to turn tough beginnings into a path of sustainable, high-performance health—without burning out your mind or your body? In this conversation, April Chavez sits…
- Brain-First Fitness: PJ Glassey on Cracking Your Calorie Code & Time · 32 minEver feel like you've "tried everything" in fitness, only to end up exhausted, hungry, and back where you started? PJ Glassey believes the problem isn't your willpower or…
- Combat Pilot to Truth Teller: M.D. Selig on HUSH, Aliens & Deep State Secrets · 33 minEver wonder how real ops intel blurs into "impossible" conspiracies hidden in plain sight? Strap in for The Wellness Driven Life Show as April Chavez hosts M.D. (Michael)…
- High-Performance Husband: Mitchell Osmond on Reclaiming Home, Health & Happiness · 31 minWhat if you could keep winning in business without quietly losing your marriage, health, or happiness along the way? In this Wellness Driven Life Show conversation, April Chavez…
- Joy Through the Journey: Amberly Lago on Unbreakable Resilience & Mindset · 36 minWhat if you could cultivate unbreakable resilience and discover profound joy, even in the midst of life's toughest challenges? ✨ Join The Wellness Driven Life Show as we welcome…
- Cultivating Core Influence: Dr. Yosi Amram on Spiritually Intelligent Leadership · 41 minEver wonder what truly sets an exceptional leader apart? ✨ It's more than IQ or even emotional intelligence. Join us as we welcome Dr. Yosi Amram, who reveals that true…
- Gut Punch: Trauma, Intuition & Rewiring Your Nervous System with Diane Seamark · 39 minEver felt a "gut punch" and wondered if it's intuition or unresolved trauma? 🤔 Join us as we welcome Diane Seamark, Somatic Yoga Therapist and author of "Gut Punch: Is it trauma…
- Healing the Delusion of Separation: Spiritual Alchemy for Trauma Recovery with Xochi Vasquez · 44 minTrauma can create a deep sense of separation, but healing is possible. Xochi Heather Vasquez, a Mystic and Teacher with 20 years of experience in spiritual transformational arts…
- Rewiring Trauma: EMDR, Neurofeedback, and Healing from Child Tragedies with Carlina Leon · 39 minToday, we address the deep emotional pain 💔 and challenges faced by survivors, and to understand how complex PTSD changes the brain 🧠. Carlina shares the many feelings trauma…
- Healing Stolen Childhoods: A Conversation with Shari Botwin · 39 minChildhood abuse steals more than just innocence; it can shape a lifetime. Join us as we welcome Shari Botwin, author of "Stolen Childhoods: Thriving After Abuse." Today, she will…
- Breath as Inner Wisdom: Soul Evolution & Trauma Healing with Alejandra Valenzuela · 38 minOur experiences in human form are part of our soul's evolution, and a collective shift is calling us to emerge from trauma and become our own elders. Alejandra Valenzuela, a…
- The Gentle Shift: Healing Trauma at the Subconscious Level with Karen Abrams · 41 minThe effects of childhood trauma can feel heavy, but there's a gentle yet powerful way to find release. Join us as we explore Theta Healing, a spiritual meditation technique that…
- Facing the Flames: Healing Generational Trauma with Teevee Aguirre · 52 min"Generational trauma is like a fire in the woods, taking down everything in its path until one person in one generation has the courage to turn and face the flames." 🔥 ~ Teevee…
- Your Inner Goddess: Healing and Resilience After Trauma with Rocio Aquino & Angel Orengo · 49 minIs it possible to rediscover your strength after trauma? 💔💪 Join me for a conversation with Rocio Aquino and Angel Orengo, authors of 'The Orchid: The Secret Code of Modern…
- Transformative Trauma Healing: Holistic Therapies & Recovery with Dr. Cheri McDonald · 31 minFamily trauma and complex PTSD can cast long shadows, but transformative healing is possible. Join April Chavez and Dr. Cheri McDonald, a trauma expert and holistic integration…
